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What We're Excited About
Look, Listen + Learn
Look, Listen + Learn (LL+L) is a local Telly & Emmy Award-winning early learning television show that supports the emotional well-being of children and families by offering fun in-home learning tools for 3 to 8-year-olds. LL+L provides culturally relevant storytelling, fundamental social-emotional skills, and critical messages of love and hope. Watch on KBTC Fridays at 11am or stream on the PBS app.
A new adaptation of Maigret is coming in October!
There will soon be a new detective on the streets of Paris! Benjamin Wainwright stars as Jules Maigret in the upcoming contemporary adaptation of Georges Simenon's beloved novels. Mark your calendars—Maigret premieres October 5 on MASTERPIECE Mystery!
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Fridays at 7:30pm
Here's what's coming up next from host Tom Layson and the Northwest Now team:
- 7/18 Saving the Salmon
- 7/25 Shorelines of Stone
- 8/1 Picking up the Past
- 8/8 Making the Connections
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